Soap-saving device.



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N0 MODEL.

WAI Il Patented June 28, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GENNARO LOUIS CATALDO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SOAP-SAVING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,463, dated June 28,1904.

Application filed October 7, 1902. Serial No.` 126,289. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GENNARO LoUIs CATAL- Do, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resi,

dent of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Saving Devices, oflwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device designed to effect an economy in theconsumption of soap.

It is designed more particularly for use in connection with cakes ofsoap employed in the barber business, but is equally applicable to usein connection with any kind of soap.

1t is a well-known fact that when a cake of soap is used in ashaving-cup the cake wears olf in a concave form, thereby necessitatingthe throwing away of what is left around the edge of the cup or in agreat deal of trouble in completely using up the soap remnants.Moreover, when the cake forms with a concave hollow in the centerwhatever dirt, &c., there is in the cup will naturally be drawn by theaction of the brush into the center hollow. This produces a tendency toan unsanitary condition of affairs.

It is the object of my invention to remedy these defects and provide adevice to economize the soap, to cause the soap to wear eff in a convexshape, and materially reduce the possible unsanitary conditions.

To carry out my invention, I provide a Wearresisting device which isadapted to be inserted into the upper surface of the soap exposed to thewearing action of the brush, the device being harder than the soapgenerally and insoluble in the liquids employed in using the soap.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of a cake of soap, showinghow the soap is at present consumed. Fig. 2 is a similar section showingmy device inserted in the wearing-surface of the soap and the manner inwhich the soap then wears away. Fig. 3 is a top view of one form of mydevice, and Fig. 4 is a bottom View of the same, showing one means offastening the device to the cake.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the soap cake; B, the deviceinserted at or near the center of the upper surface of the cake; C, theordinary shape of the upper surface'of the cake, and D the shape of thesurface when my device is used.

E represents one means by which the device is fixed into the cake, F theroughened upper surface of the device, and G a partial or completesmoothing off of the resisting-surface.

The manner of operation is as follows: I take an ordinary cake of soapand apply to the surface exposed to consumption by the brush my device,which is composed of a material harder than the body of the soap andinsoluble in the liquids employed. In the drawings I have shown a roundbutton; but the part marked B could of course have any shape desired,depending upon the shape of the soap cake. It is evident that when thebrush is applied or when the surface of the cake thus prepared isexposed to wearing usage the cake cannot take the concave form shown inFig. l, but will take the convex shape of Fig. 2. The device may have asmooth or rou ghened upper surface or be part smooth and part rough, asshown in Fig. 3. I prefer the roughened upper surface for the reasonthat the brush forces the soap to a limited extent into the roughenedportions, putting it thereby into a more finely divided state and makinga better quality of lather and forming it more quickly and easily. Whenthe vcake has been used so much that the surface D is worn down more.than is desirable, the resisting device B can be pulled out of the soapand the cake used until it resumes the desired shape.

Having thus fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claimis- The combination with a cake of soap, of'a wear-resisting deviceprovided with a serrated GENNARO 'LOUIS CATALDO.

VVitnessos:

A. H. FRANKIIORT, A. STETsoN.

